Local governments are well positioned to reap the benefits of performance management. Their decisions about services,informed by performance data, can yield rapid results that are easy to see. However...

TIRANA, January 24, 2014 – In 2011, at the request of the Government of FYR Macedonia, the World Bank agreed to consider support for the proposed Lukovo Pole Hydropower Project. The proposed project a...

IBRD Loan: US $85.3 million equivalentTerms: Maturity = 23 years, Grace = 10 yearsProject ID: P102733 Project Description: The objective of the project is to improve the quality of water and wastewate...

TIRANA, December 9, 2013—The countries of the South East Europe (SEE6)[1] region exited from recession in the first half of 2013, led by improved export performance, according to the latest World Bank...

World Bank report takes an in-depth look at the challenges and opportunities of climate change on agriculture WASHINGTON, December 5, 2013 — Agriculture is one of the most climate-sensitive of all eco...

Economies around the world are adopting a range of policies as they strive to strike a balance between raising tax revenues and encouraging growth, according to Paying Taxes 2014, a new report from th...

MOSCOW, November 19, 2013 — Economies around the world are adopting a range of policies as they strive to strike a balance between raising tax revenues and encouraging growth, according to a new repor...